# Keyboard shortcuts to enter current date/time

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/keyboard-shortcuts-to-enter-current-date-time/110>\
**Category:** Feature archive\
**Tags:** keyboard-shortcut\
**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/keyboard-shortcuts-to-enter-current-date-time/110 "2020-05-20T19:26:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![LION](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@LION](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/LION)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/keyboard-shortcuts-to-enter-current-date-time/110/28 "2020-08-16T02:46:41Z")

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This is very handy.  
I think a hot string (or text-expander) function can also help for the template like in this post.

> [@Templates for New Notes](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/templates-for-new-notes/322):
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> I currently use Sublime Zettelkasten. When I create a new note, it automatically populates the note with a template. It would be nice to be able to start new notes with templates, and maybe even be able to choose from multiple templates depending on type

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